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2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2025년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CityYongin
Dates7–15 July
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place China
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored16 (2.67 per match)
Attendance32,136 (5,356 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Ryo Germain
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Ryo Germain
Best goalkeeperJapan Keisuke Ōsako
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The 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was an association football tournament organised by the East Asian Football Federation. It was the tenth edition of the men's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the men's football championship of East Asia. The preliminary competition was held on 8–17 December 2024 in Hong Kong,[1] and the tournament was held on 7–15 July 2025 in South Korea.[2]

Teams

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Ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. The winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

Final Round Preliminary Round

Venues

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Preliminary Round Final Round
Hong Kong South Korea Yongin
Hong Kong Stadium Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground Mong Kok Stadium Yongin Mireu Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 6,664 Capacity: 37,155

Preliminary competition

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Draw

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The tournament's official draw was released on 15 November 2024. The pot placements followed each team's progress based on the world rankings.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Hong Kong (159) (H)
 North Korea (110) (Withdrawn) 		 Chinese Taipei (165)
 Macau (185) 		 Mongolia (189)
 Guam (204)

Matches

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Six countries wlll draw lots in 2 groups, two teams on the top in each group will contest in the final.

Group A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guam 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Final
2  Macau 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
3  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal after the draw
Source: EAFF

All times are local time, Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Guam Cancelled North Korea
Macau 1–2 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 534
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
North Korea Cancelled Macau
Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hong Kong (H) 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to Final
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3  Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: EAFF
(H) Hosts

All times are local time, Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Mongolia 0–3 Hong Kong
Report
Attendance: 3,329
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Chinese Taipei 4–0 Mongolia
 Report
Attendance: 892
Referee: Du Jianxin (China)
Hong Kong 2–1 Chinese Taipei
 Report
Attendance: 5,637
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

Final

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Guam 0–5 Hong Kong
Report
Attendance: 8,236
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)

Final round

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The final round was held in South Korea from 7 to 15 July 2025.[3] On 29 April 2025, Yongin government announced that the city would host all 6 matches of the final round at Yongin Mireu Stadium.[4]

Squads

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Main article: 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Japan (C) 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Champions
2  South Korea (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Runners-up
3  China 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3 Third place
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 Fourth place
Source: EAFF
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

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All times are local time, Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

South Korea 3–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 4,426
Referee: Tuan Yaasin (Malaysia)
Japan 6–1 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 687
Hong Kong 0–2 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 5,521
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
Japan 2–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 1,661
China 1–0 Hong Kong
Huang Zhengyu 20' Report
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Ngo Duy Lan (Vietnam)
South Korea 0–1 Japan
Report Germain 8'
Attendance: 18,418
Referee: Tuan Yaasin (Malaysia)

Awards

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Best goalkeeper Best defender Top scorer Most Valuable Player
Japan Keisuke Ōsako South Korea Kim Moon-hwan Japan Ryo Germain Japan Ryo Germain

Goalscorers

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5 goals
1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary Competition 2024". East Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. ^ "77th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". East Asian Football Federation. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary Competition 2024". EAFF. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  4. ^ "'동아시아축구연맹(EAFF) E-1 풋볼 챔피언십' 용인 미르스타디움서 열린다". Government of Yongin Special City (in Korean). 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
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